Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14
1t home.
President and Mrs. Cleveland, Accom-
panied by Miss Cleveland, Attend
the Clinton Centennial,
The President Responds TO an Address
OF Welcome, Abiding Touch!ngY
TO His B0yhoOd Homes
The Little Village Crowded with Visitors
Who Como in from Every Direction.
Speakers of The Day.


Who Come in from Every Direction.
Speakers of The Day.
UTICA, y. Y, July I2.-President
Cleveland and his sister and Miss Hast
ings, his niece, Colonel Lamont and Z.
Prenti5s Bailey OF Utic1 came down from
Holland Patent on the special coach Cor
onet a. O'Clock this morning. They
were met by Prof. Hoyt and number of
ladies and gentlemen O the Centennial
committee from Clinton. Prof. Hoyt
made q brief address of welcome, to
which the President responded IN few
words. The Utica JacksOnians, 100
strong, WITH the Twelfth Infantry United
States band, saluted the President ami
his wife SIS they stood upon the platform
Of the coach. Crowded trains have ben
running 10 Clinton all morning The
Presidents special tram started at 9:lj
this morning. An immense crowd YVES at
the Ontario and Western RsilrOad station
IS the train pulled out. They Cheerea
the President snd waved their hats as he
stood uncovered and bowed his acknOWl-
Gdgments.
The exercises in the park did not com
melc9 until O'Clock Rev. Henry Dar.-
inc president Of Hamilton College,
offered the opening prayer. E3v. L. z.
Powell then made an address Of welcome.
TO which the President responded. Pres
ideDt Cleveland said: am by no means
certain OF nv standing here among those
WIN celebrated ,ha centennial Of Ciintua's
existence as > village. NV recOuecJiuus
Of the plgce reach backward but about
thfrtv-sfE yesrs, 0ud nv residence neve
covered q very Jrici period, but these
rscol.ae.fons ere fresh and distinct to-
cav. and pleasant, zoe. though
not entirely free from CslOrng. 1T
yas here in school O.. the foot Of the
college thai 7 began preparations Tor col
Iege life ard enjoyed .E1 anticipation Of
c1,lc-ials eUucscill We h9i LE-C
teachers 10 our se-J0I CIe JCCsue
fsfrerwards Judge in Chicago and tle
Fol her passed through the legal profession,
OF ministry and within The last Two years
was living further west. re16 little
Latin with two other boys ~ ia. clgss.
/ think I HJuadered through four books
Of EaefG. TIeo,hor BOYS had nice large
modern additions q Virgil end
plenty OF notes % help over -le
nara pisces. ELjGs w4s little OLD
fashioned cory which mg father used be-
for NE win no notes, and Wl:-r was
only translated bg hazi knocks. I be-.
l,eya / have forgiven those Jld-E Toys icI
tIo.r ocT7jstar. GelG Il I'D allow re the
Use q rL.irn-J- LH their books 3 E.v
rate they do not seem tJ hove been C-r
taken IS aa- Glu Ier~i1u-Cn. 70 C.a f.
tLew Is n2w e si-1 End prosperous Jaw
yeI ;a BgG .lg sn. ...e other is rs-t-s ~
Of your college s-a the o.-ay- Oh .J-.-E
celeb iag. The STRUGGLES with Zen
Ua-s IL Virgil |L--.. sr l--s- lge..a up my
d..ly ta=s se a@u-.-s -s remembered (.
nov, ca. 0i.s theta j sem also I--cg.
10 remember .ls. lus'saa q, .iang---
beginning q h." otHe1''aa i"r /
watch -o- es.lE -a1Eed ..y g-agrs
near .aa y-d ~ NY school a"var-o-
EEis su~-ts o-ss. r----u-a lie. ul /
lapse o. lime ON Alleviate aa: e rs. .i-.l- .
li.- I L.r- s-..y i-'- E..- ,Fa.
sesr. I--I,..-Jl- E-Ia-I a.... a.s
O.c. dom E--T Tl-.l-r ~ Ts. liz
la .i.uai post er nee, --- -aast III. ---
cite one poem - lbs o"E -aal--s .9-.
which embodied su G"cnE-s as tl~F-.'-a
or from Clinton tn o,he, c-fs. [ ca"r.-